Pope Leo calls for 'disarming of AI' to protect 'sanctity of life'

Pope Leo has called for AI to be subject to the 'most rigorous ethical constraints' (Image: AP)

POPE Leo has said control over AI should not remain the hands "of a few" in the first major theological document of his tenure.

In setting out his proposals in a manifesto called "Magnifica Humanitas", he warned that technology is fuelling world conflicts and stressed the use of AI in warfare should be subject to “the most rigorous ethical constraints.”